I'm thrilled that bar carts are back in vogue. I have always loved them. There is something so chic and "James Bond" about them!

And I have the perfect corner in the dining room for one.

But have you priced bar carts lately? The can be very expensive for such a small piece! I've looked for bar carts on ebay and overstocks.com and nothing excited me. Then I found one on TARGET.COMthat had potential and the price was right. It has an antique brass base, although I was not fond of the wooden shelves.

But I had an idea for the shelves... and the saga began...

Here is the before...

nice cart but blah shelves!

Here is the corner the bar cart calls home...

Here is the after...

unique shelves

At first I decided to paint the bar cart shelves and use decorative Frog Tape to make a chevron pattern on them. As I was looking through all the paint chips at Lowe's, collecting piles of them to choose two contrasting paint colors... inspiration struck!

Why not use the paint chips and Mod Podge them onto the bar cart shelves? Making a Mosaic-like pattern. That would be very unique and different and hopefully pretty!

So I began stuffing colored paint chips into the pocket of my purse. Lots and lots and lots of paint chips!!!! Any chips that I thought would work well with my dining room found their way... in multiples... into my purse!

Feeling quite guilty about this, I bought 2 samples of paint, more Frog Tape and a can of chalkboard spray paint. I thought that might defray all my paint chip hoarding!

These are just some of the paint chips on the ho-hum wood.

I really did not know where to begin! I've only ever Mod Podged one other thing in my whole life!